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WATCH: ‘Welcome To Hell’ – Mission Lifeline’s Rap Song On Ħal Far ‘Tent Village’ Tackles Migrant Life In Malta

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Mission Lifeline is currently protesting ahead of the EU Ministerial meeting due to take place in Malta this afternoon. But while we were looking into things, we came across this tweet pinned to the top of their page… and it’s quite something.

The tweet, originally posted back in April, introduces us to Mekon (a rescuer) and Chad (the onboard electrician, moonlighting as 2Nasty)

The two teamed up to release one of the most playful jibes at the current migration crisis, Hell Far.

“Yo, stupid people, up at the top, they don’t want them to come, they want them to stop,” 2Nasty spits, lamenting the alleged rape of land from which the migrants hail from.

While it is an interesting take on a response for an NGO to issue, the song still holds many truths within its language.

The lines “I don’t want to fight, I don’t want no bombs” reminds us that countries like Libya are still currently at war with themselves, and they have been for a while now. In fact, to this very day, as EU leaders get ready to talk migration, members of the community took to prominent places all around the capital to convey their message.

“Libya is not safe,” one placard spotted in Valletta earlier today reads. “EU, stop pushbacks!”

“933 deaths at sea in 2019. No more,” another sign read, suddenly adding a very real and sombre tone to what was initially a weirdly upbeat rap song.

“I’m stuck in Ħal Far, I don’t know how long” tells us something that probably hasn’t crossed a lot of our minds. Some of the migrants staying in the Immigration Reception Centre, referred to by many as ‘Tent Village’, have seen their country at war from afar for longer than they had been in the epicentre of the conflict.

Mekon then spills the truth tea we all deserve to hear with the line “you could be in my shoes any day, any time”.

The track then slowly fades out as Mekon ushers in the final verse, a repetition of the line “let’s save more lives” – again, a hard truth to hit home with a total number of 933 deaths at sea this year alone.

What do you make of the track? Let us know in the comments below.

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